It was Miami who would draw first blood off buckets from Tyler Johnson, Goran Dragic and Josh Richardson. Miami’s 8-0 scoring run would put them up ahead early.
Even without DeMarcus Cousins, the Pelicans have a lot of talent. Rondo is still a great playmaker and Anthony Davis is an otherworldly talent. Still, the Heat showed good defense, clogging the key and forcing the Pelicans to shoot.
The Pelicans would get going though after their slow start going on 7-0 run to cut their deficit to one and eventually take the lead.